Suja Mohammed earned a Master in Biochemistry from University of Kerala with a research project on cholesterol metabolism in rats. She then joined as a biochemist in the R&D section of Sami Labs Ltd, India where she worked on anti-inflammatory bioactive molecules for pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. She moved to Macquarie University, Australia in 2005 to pursue a Master in Biotechnology degree and further joined PhD. She obtained her doctoral degree from Macquarie University in 2011 where she identified a novel lipase gene from a Penicillium strain. Suja joined Australian School of Advanced Medicine as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2011 and then moved to Heart Research Institute in 2013.

Research interests:

Develop molecular tools to genetically manipulate brain neurons which will lead to understanding their role in blood pressure control; Develop viral or non-viral vectors for regulation of neuronal activity in rat nervous system